Artificial eye



Patnted Mar. 1,1921.

Z, INVENTOR ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT orrlcs.

SAMUEL rauna, or NEW YORK, 11. Y., ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF To SAMUEL I wannnnsrnm, on NEW YORK, 1v. 2,

ARTIFICIAL EYE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 1, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL Fauna, a

citizen of the United States, residing in the The object of my invention is to produce an artificial eye for various purposes that will have the appearance of the natural eye and be lifelike; also to have the finished eye less liable to destruction than an eye made entirely of glass, while it may be more cheapl made.

In t e drawings- Figural, shows a blank sheet of thin material from which the exposed half of the eye is to be formed up;

Fig. 2, represents a cross section through the center of the front half of an eye containing m invention;

Fig. 3, s ows a cross section of a rear half of an eye;

Fig. 4, shows separately the transparent covering used over Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5, shows the two halves and the transparent cover assembled.

In constructing my improved eye I first prepare a thin sheet of metal or other stiff material A, as appears by Fig. 1; I then impress or paint on this blank the pupil a, and outside of that the iris I), together with the other parts of a natural eye surroundin them. These features of the eye are a plie to the part A, in any convenient way, ut of such coloringmatter as will readily lend itself to the bending and forming up into the part B, as hereafter described, without cracking or chipping.

The plate A, is then placed in a. suitable formin die and pressed into the shape substantia y as shown in Fig. 2.

In this manigulation the pupil a, is preferably depresse iris b, and the iris more than the surrounding parts. Thepupil has a position at the center of the hem1%p herical part B, as shown by the section in 1 2. I

to a greater extent than the I then preparea hemispherical shell C, referabl of transparent celluloid which ts snugly over the part B. The transparent s ell C, may be slightly extended at its base so as to form a rim 0, which is turned in over the base of B. A back piece D, ma be used to form the rear half of the eye. r a flat back may be used if desired. In either case the back is snugly fitted in so as to be surrounded b the lip 0, and hold the shell C, 1n fplace. f desired the interior of-B may be lled in solid. The colors of the depressed portion of the shell B which represent the pupil and iris have the best effect when they are sufiiciently clear and br1ght to ghsten. In such case the transparent cover ng C, over the depressed iris and pupil, with its reflective qualities, gives to the article a life like appearance. It will be understood that changes in the means or structures may be employed to obtain these results without departin from the principles of m invention. t is apparent that both. the 1ris and pupil must be depressed below the transparent covering but the amount of their respective depression is not material.

Having described my invention what I' claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A sheet metal eye, comprising: a metal spherical shell depressed at one pole, the depressed portion being suitably marked to .represent the iris and pupil, and the outer roundin transparent covering for said eye.

3. 'A s eet metal eye, comprlsin a metal 's herical shell having a spherical y formed epression at one ole and a secondary spherically formed epression in sa1d firstnamed depression, the latter bein suitably marked to represent the (pn il 0 the eye, and the former the iris, an t e outer spherical portion of said shell the eye ball.

SAMUEL m 

